Word: factors
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...problem of numbers. Dean Wilbur J. Bender, Chairman of the Admissions and Scholarships Committee, is perhaps the most worried about this problem. He has seen the number of applications rise to around 4,500 this year and is concerned with the Committee's ability to measure "the subjective factor," creative intellectual ability, in applicants numbering perhaps 10,000. "It's a question of how much money the College can afford to spend on admissions," he says, "We are spending too much money now as it is and we are barely able to keep afloat...
Carroll's intoxicating vision of the future: synthetic liquors, produced more quickly and cheaply than by present fermentation processes, with just the bouquet that the connoisseur wants, and far less risk of hangover. More important, a congener may be a big factor in the "just one more" reaction leading to chronic alcoholism, and this one could be left out. Meanwhile, Carroll noted that vodka is lowest in congeners; next purest is gin, then Scotch, then bourbon. Blended whiskies vary according to their proportions (and there are differences among brands). The drink with the most...
...Church of England, desperately short of candidates for the clergy, is glad to get them, though their age is a negative factor. "It is true that senior officers have had experiences which must surely be beneficial to the church," said an Anglican official last week. "But, alas, they have only perhaps five,'ten, or at most 15 years of useful life to give." Instead of the usual three-or four-year course, the church educates them for parish service with an 18-month "pocket" course, minus the usual classical-language requirements...
...remarked that the two buildings offered by Cambridge--the Wellington and Kelley schools--are both within five minutes' walk from the nearest MTA station. Since most of the students at the junior college will come from "economically underprivileged groups," he explained, availability of public transportation will be an important factor in choosing a site...
Crimson depth, decisive several times during the spring vacation trip, should once again be the key factor. For the Engineers have three very good players and then tail off rather rapidly. Their number one man, sophomore Raul Carmen, the top player in Cuba, has performed on two of that country's Davis Cup teams. He must be favored over Crimson captain Ned Weld, who defeated Bob Bowditch for the first singles spot in a test match yesterday...